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About Gamify Business

From Side Quest to

Main Campaign

 

Gamify Business emerged from a critical realization: the disconnect between creative talent and business success isn't about ability—it's about translation.

After 20 years as a professional creative working with clients like Disney, Universal, and The Tonight Show, Paul Pape noticed a recurring pattern. Creative professionals were being forced to play a game they hadn't been taught the rules for. Conventional business education spoke a language their minds weren't wired to process, leaving talented artists struggling to transform their skills into sustainable livelihoods.

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What began as a side quest—coaching fellow creatives through business challenges—revealed a universal truth: creatives don't lack business capacity; they need business concepts presented in a framework that resonates with their natural thought processes.

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Rolling for Initiative

 

Gamify Business revolutionizes traditional business approaches by recasting complex concepts as RPG elements specifically designed for creative thinkers. Where traditional business education feels like grinding through a game with the wrong character build, our system transforms:

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  • Financial management into resource allocation strategies

  • Client acquisition into NPC encounters and relationship quests

  • Pricing strategies into value-based magical item crafting

  • Business planning into campaign design and world-building

 

Our mission is to transform overwhelmed artists into confident creative entrepreneurs through intuitive game mechanics that make business growth feel like leveling up in an adventure you control.

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Join Our Party

 

Whether through our handbook, workbook, masterclasses, or coaching, we're building a community of creative adventurers who are rewriting the rules of business success on their own terms.

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Ready to stop being an NPC in your own creative career? Your business adventure awaits.

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My Story

Paul "Santa for Nerds" Pape is an artist, designer, and creative business strategist who has spent 20 years creating custom collectibles for clients worldwide, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Universal, and The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Following his popular TEDx talk on being "Santa for Nerds," Paul developed the revolutionary Gamify Business approach to help fellow creatives transform their artistic talents into thriving businesses without sacrificing their creative souls.

Contact

Solo adventurer with questions? Guild master seeking to train your creative team? Send a message, and let's transform your creative business adventure together.

402.943.8897

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